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Reference number

SM Adam volume 23/4

Purpose

[7] Design for a chimneypiece for the hall, 1772, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a chimneypiece with the lining bordered with bands of laurel leaf tips and egg and dart moulding. The stiles are formed with fluted scrolls, and the capitals contain urns. The frieze is ornamented with ram masks bearing festoons of husks, flanked by rosettes, and there is a central tablet containing an urn ornamented with calyx, anthemia and a band of guilloche. Above the frieze there is a band of dentils

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¾ inches to 1 foot

Inscribed

Chimney Piece for the Hall at Sir Watkin Wynne’s in S.t James’s Square / 4 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • August 1772
    Adelphi / 27.t Aug.st 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (406 x 292)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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